Safety razor



March 30, 1937. A. SCHRElBER 2,075,307

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ATTORNEY Patented Mar. 30, 1937 'UNITED sTArEs -rA-TENTfoFF-icEff f i SAFETY RAZOR l Armand Schreiber, Brooklyn, N, Y. ApplicationfMay 3.1, 1933"sria1'Na'cvsJs5 1 Claim.

10 As a result Vof such construction of the ordinary Gillette razors, it happens often, that the one.

or the other of these different parts. gets lost or is dropped and in consequence of thisis spoiled or soiled. Besides that, the manipulation of putting together or dismounting such Gillette razors, is a rather slow and diflicult task; g

The object of the present invention is, Ytoprovide an improved safety razor of the Gillette typ, which is more easy to be handled, and in which further the danger of some parts being lost or spoiled or soiled in consequence of the separateness of the different parts, is eliminated completely.

In order to obtain this object of the invention and some other advantages Ato be explained later on, I devised a new and improved razor, the essential feature of which consists therein, that the blade clamping member is brought into a permanent but adjustable connection with the blade carrying member which connection is effected by the means of certain intermediate parts which are arranged at the smaller sides of the razor head, the construction of these different parts being such, that it contains hinges or joints, allowing to swing the blade clamping member either into position above the blade carrying member, or away from the latter, if the blade is to be inserted into or tov be'removed from the razor head. Another important feature of my 40 new and improved razor consists therein, that the fastening bolt or screw is fixed solidly to the blade clamping member in such position, that the swinging of the blade clamping member into its place over the blade carrying member will bring the fastening bolt or screw opposite to the hole in the blade carrying member, into which it is entered when closing the razor head.

In order to make more clear the invention,

I have shown in the drawing two preferred embodiments of my new and improved razor, whereby the Figs. 1 and 2 illustrate for both embodiments a vertical section through the longitudinal axis of the razor in its opened and in its closed position respectively;

Figs. Sto 5,'are.furti-fier inustmtions of 'the rst embodiment, Fig. 3l showing a partial top view of the blade carrying member, and the Figs. 4 and 5 showing views ofjthe razor head. seen from the side, with theblade clamping member in positions lifted vertically above the blade carlrying member and swung to the side respectively; Figs. 6 and '7 are further illustrations of the second' embodiment, Fig. 6 showing a side view ofthe razor head .withthe blade clamping member swung to the side, and' Fig. 'l showing a partial top view vof the blade .carrying member Referring rnow more in particular to the drawingin the rfirst illustrated embodiment the tubular'handler2l, being closed at its lowerend by 'a knob 22 in thevusual manner, is provided at itslllpper rendlwith.aslrloulder and a slightly -conical enlargement ',23, which is turnably fitted 4 intol a corresponding conical hole in theA middle of the blade carryingmember, whichis shaped similar to the equivalent member inthe wellknown Gillette apparatus, to be a slightly vaulted rectangular plate 24 with skin protecting teeth along its two longer side edges and with two small blade locating protrusions 25 in the longitudinal axis of its vaulted back. The blade clamping member is likewise shaped in the usual manner as a slightly vaulted rectangular plate 26, having on its concave lower face two recesses 21 corresponding to the two protrusions 25. A screw threaded plug 28 is provided in the middle of the lower face of the plate 26, which plug fits into the internal thread, provided in the upper end 23 of the tubular handle 2l. The blade clamping plate 26 has further fixed to it at the ends of its longitudinal axis two downwardly directed arms 30, having each a longitudinal slot 3|, through which slot is passed the stem of a headed pin 32, which is screwed into or otherwise fastened to the blade carrying plate 24 at the end of the longitudinal axis of this plate 24. The two smaller sides of the blade carrying plate 24 are preferably provided with conical recesses or notches 33 at the places, of the headed pins 32, so that the slanting sides of these notches 33 form movement limiting shoulders or abutments for the swingable arms 30. See Figs. 3 to 5.

From the described construction the manipulation and working of the new razor apparatus is easily understood to be as follows: The blade clamping member is lifted above the blade carrying member as high as the slots 3l and the headed pins 32 will permit it, and then it is swung to the side into the position shown in Fig. 5. Then the razor blade can easily be placed on the blade carrying member and temporarily held there by the protrusions 25 passing through corresponding holes in the blades. Thereupon the blade clamping member is swung back into kthe position shown in Fig. 4 and lowered until the threaded plug 28 starts entering into the threaded end 23 of the handle. kAfter that a few turnsv of the handleY 2| in the blade carrying member 24 will pull the plug 28 more down into the threaded hole '28 and wiilgpresstheclamping plate A26-with the blade belcwfit fastonto the blade carrier plate 24, and the razor is ready to be used. When theV shaving` work is finished,

a few turns of thev handle 2| in the opposite direction are sufficient, to lift the clamping plate 26 again above the carrier plate-fu, whereupon the clamping plate may be swung. again into the position of Fig. 5 and the blade may'be removed I out of the apparatus.

'by `themeansicif headed ypins, are .pivoted `to I the smaller sides of the' blade vcarryingLlJlate 35. "The onlydiiferencein'jthe construction of Y.the yrazor vLis, that therefjarejno `'swing' "limiting .notches 'lin the Hsmaller side faces vof k,the blade carrier plate, but the 'headed pins 'or pivots 3.8 earegprovided at .the plane.;side "face of the xplate 35i, asy it can lbeseen clearly (from the ,Flgf'l, yand lthe swingable arms 81 areflonger, as compared with those of the first example, sothat the blade clamping member 36, when being swung round the pivots 38, clears completely the space above the carrier plate 35, as it is shown in the Fig. 6. The manipulation and workingof this razor is exactly the same, as above has been described in detail with.y referencek to the first explained example.

Itis understood that the invention is not restricted to 4theiillustmised and'cabove described embodiments, Abut is to 4be yseen 1in lthe hinging of the blade clamping plate to the blade carrier `plate bythe means of connection links xed at `thesmaller sides'of the-carrier plate and of the clamping plate, in combination with the arrangement .of screw threaded parts atjthe centre` of the clamping plate and at the upper endV of the handle of the apparatus, which handle. isV turnably fixed at the blade clamping member.

Iclaim: y ,Y Y A safety razor of the-class described, comprisingin combination: atubular handle; -a rectanguiar blade carrierplateswivelled at-its centre on fthe'handle an internally lscrewethrezuiecl up.- iperV end at Athe handle; Va rectangularv Ablade 4damping jplate; ia screw-threaded plug 'in' fthe centre kof the `clamping plate and adaptedto enter into the `,internally `threaded end *of'the handle; longitudinally slotted connection links `fixed at the two smaller sides ci the'j'clampingf f jplate; headedpivot pins ilxed at thetworsmaller ksides fof the carrierplate land extending ...through -the slots vfoi YVthe r connectionlinks; and'shouldes n arranged atjthe'smallersides ofthe carrierpl'ate at `both', vsides of the vconnection"links, k'scr-jas :to

limit the swinging movement ofthe vconnecting linksround'thfejpivotpins.V f Y.

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